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1st October 2020 02:00 PM
#1
Senior Member
Golf Hall of Fame Inductee
MiClub App
This has been a hot topic for debate with a few people, so I thought I'd start a thread.
Clubs can purchase a license outright for all of their members, which allows them to use it at their home track, or individuals can subscribe for $16.50 per annum. Interesting that if you wish to use it at another course, you'd still have to pay the $16.50 even if your club subscribed.
I personally was told it was going to be a lot more originally, so the $16.50 didn't seem to bad at first. Then Simmsy pointed out that it is just an app. When I looked at it from that perspective, it does seem on the high side. I won't be using the GPS feature, so that adds zero value for me.
A great cash cow for Mi-Club for sure.
I probably won't be purchasing it, not because of the cost, more because I don't like having to pull my phone out every single hole to score. Golf is a bit of a timeout from the cyborg life of checking our phones every few minutes. I like the traditional scorecard as well as I can easily keep track of the side games we have on (a feature that Mi-Club says is in the works)
My club is considering purchasing the subscription for all - I'd like to see the money go to improving the course.
What are people's thoughts on this?
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1st October 2020 02:21 PM
#2
Senior Member
Touring Pro (European Tour)
Just received the club email to say they have purchased the subscription.
In the interests of openness i think the price should have been disclosed and membership collectively made the decision.
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1st October 2020 02:50 PM
#3
Victorious Confederate Captain
Order of Merit winner
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1st October 2020 03:32 PM
#4
Senior Member
Major Winner
We don't use MiClub at our course, so not really an issue.
I am not a fan of the long term introduction of "score yourself" scenarios, so I am glad we don't use it.
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1st October 2020 03:37 PM
#5
Senior Member
Golf Hall of Fame Inductee
Originally Posted by
benno_r
We don't use MiClub at our course, so not really an issue.
I am not a fan of the long term introduction of "score yourself" scenarios, so I am glad we don't use it.
I find a lot more scoring errors occur on the app vs the traditional card.
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1st October 2020 03:49 PM
#6
Senior Member
Touring Pro (European Tour)
Not sure $16.50 for the year is expensive considering we pay $79 for a dozen Pro V1's hundreds on clubs etc + a daily comp fee around $7-$12.
The score yourself mode has only been put in place since COVID started, before that it was mandatory that you had to select a playing partner.
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1st October 2020 03:56 PM
#7
Senior Member
Touring Pro (Nationwide Tour)
I was just thinking you will need to make sure my playing partners are willing to pay for the app to use with me
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1st October 2020 04:58 PM
#8
Senior Member
Major Winner
Originally Posted by
benno_r
We don't use MiClub at our course, so not really an issue.I am not a fan of the long term introduction of "score yourself" scenarios, so I am glad we don't use it.
You don’t score yourself, at least not at our club. You keep somebody else’s score and submit it at the end. We can’t use the app if only one in the group has it however I believe one person can keep score 3 others.
Last edited by 3Puttpete; 1st October 2020 at 05:01 PM.
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1st October 2020 05:05 PM
#9
Senior Member
Touring Pro (European Tour)
Originally Posted by
3puttpete
You don’t score yourself, at least not at our club. You keep somebody else’s score and submit it at the end. We can’t use the app if only one in the group has it however I believe one person can keep score 3 others.
Correct 3PP, but since COVID some clubs were 'worried' that touching someone else's phone (signature) would cause the spread of germs - hence the self score
All our members cross check each others scores. There is zero tolerance for cheating or score errors
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1st October 2020 05:54 PM
#10
Senior Member
Golf Hall of Fame Inductee
Johnny. My golf club will start using this system from next week. Not yet mentioned whether we will use the app
My other club, City GC in toowoomba emailed members today mentioning what you said. Free to use the app at home club but not free elsewhere. From the wording of the newsletter it seems miclub emails all users advertising the subacription confusing members into thinking they have to pay.
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1st October 2020 06:45 PM
#11
Senior Member
Golf Hall of Fame Inductee
My club is trialling this weekends Open on https://www.golfgenius.com/
It's a new(ish) player in the Aus market but costs significantly less than MiClub. Will report back once we've had a run, but sounds promising from my chat with the manager.
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1st October 2020 07:21 PM
#12
Senior Member
Touring Pro (European Tour)
We use the MiClub stuff for booking etc.
I don't mind the app, which we have been using, it chews your battery, whatever utility it provides is slightly lost on me and happy to go back to a card.
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1st October 2020 08:45 PM
#13
Senior Member
Golf Hall of Fame Inductee
Originally Posted by
Courty
My club is trialling this weekends Open on
https://www.golfgenius.com/
It's a new(ish) player in the Aus market but costs significantly less than MiClub. Will report back once we've had a run, but sounds promising from my chat with the manager.
used Golfgenius on both sides - from user perspective its pretty good. admin perspective its a PITA. Its possible that most are bad for admin
NSW GA is using it for their tournaments as well as some other big accounts. Some people here know Peter Shaw (PGA pro not the Pilot) he is the australian sales rep for the product.
The social club i was on the committee for paid $2500pa for it. Seems to be a flat rate fee, so for a golf club its pretty cheap.
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Criticism doesn't bother me, as it means I am doing something and people are watching.
Handy-Cap
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1st October 2020 09:01 PM
#14
Senior Member
Golf Hall of Fame Inductee
I can guarantee my club won’t be trying it, they’re still giving out paper dockets for balls in the ball comp.
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1st October 2020 09:10 PM
#15
Perry Groves
turn off the distance measure on the app - it will use a lot less battery then.
Benje
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1st October 2020 09:20 PM
#16
Senior Member
Touring Pro (European Tour)
My clubs free trial has ended. I like using it, but will go back to the scorecard..
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1st October 2020 09:31 PM
#17
Senior Member
Touring Pro (European Tour)
Originally Posted by
Benje
Perry Groves
turn off the distance measure on the app - it will use a lot less battery then.
Benje
ah, OK, and where would a technology challenged punter undertake this task? Cant see it in settings.
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1st October 2020 09:37 PM
#18
Senior Member
Multiple Major Winner
Originally Posted by
PerryGroves
ah, OK, and where would a technology challenged punter undertake this task? Cant see it in settings.
Settings: Locations enabled. Turn it off and it shuts down GPS drain.
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1st October 2020 09:46 PM
#19
Senior Member
Touring Pro (European Tour)
Originally Posted by
Daves
Settings: Locations enabled. Turn it off and it shuts down GPS drain.
Cheers
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1st October 2020 10:01 PM
#20
Senior Member
Major Winner
Originally Posted by
thecollective
Correct 3PP, but since COVID some clubs were 'worried' that touching someone else's phone (signature) would cause the spread of germs - hence the self score
All our members cross check each others scores. There is zero tolerance for cheating or score errors
There’s no need to touch anyone else’s phone.
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1st October 2020 10:38 PM
#21
Senior Member
Touring Pro (European Tour)
At our club you had two sigs per phone
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1st October 2020 10:42 PM
#22
Senior Member
Major Winner
Originally Posted by
thecollective
At our club you had two sigs per phone
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Just one for us. I sign and submit his, he signs and submits mine
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1st October 2020 10:59 PM
#23
Senior Member
Golf Hall of Fame Inductee
The downfall of turning off location services is that every time you go to enter a score, it prompts you to turn location services on. Extremely annoying.
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2nd October 2020 07:11 AM
#24
Senior Member
Golf Hall of Fame Inductee
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2nd October 2020 06:20 PM
#25
Senior Member
Grand Slam Winner
No love at Royal back to cards
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